Suns News: Week 6 (11/24 - 11/30)

[Mori Chu]

https://www.nba.com/suns/schedule
All times MST/AZ

Last Week's Games
Tue Nov 18 @ Portland 127 - 110 WIN!
Fri Nov 21 vs Minnesota 114 - 113 WIN!
Sat Nov 23 vs San Antonio 111 - 102 WIN!

This Week's Games
Mon Nov 24 vs Houston, 7:30 PM MST, Peacock
Wed Nov 26 @ Sacramento, 8:00 PM MST, Suns+, Arizona's Family 3TV / Arizona's Family Sports / League Pass
Fri Nov 28 @ OKC, 7:30 PM MST, Suns+, Arizona's Family 3TV / Arizona's Family Sports / League Pass
Sat Nov 29 vs Denver, 7:00 PM MST, Suns+, Arizona's Family 3TV / Arizona's Family Sports / League Pass


Suns Stories
Yahoo!: How the Suns are turning the page on the Kevin Durant era - and enjoying unexpected success in the process:
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/ho ... 00140.html

ESPN: Former Suns PG Chris Paul to retire after this season:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/470 ... ources-say

CBS Sports: Former Sun 6MotY Rodney Rogers dies at age 54:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/rodn ... -clippers/

Yahoo!: Suns minority owners accuse Suns owner Mat Ishbia of using Suns as "personal piggy bank" in latest legal filing:
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-n ... 34716.html

[Mori Chu]

Kirk Goldsberry says the Suns are outperforming expectations the second-most in the entire NBA (behind Detroit).

[ShelC]

[Danimal]

A good no pressure environment for him…by that I mean the valley suns have not won a single game this year. Kinda hope we give him a string of games in row there but probably won’t happen give our tight schedule and need to rest Williams on B2B.

Brea had his first bad night during their last game, but has been quite solid overall.
Someone called Damion Baugh is averaging 23 ppg. Anyone have any knowledge of him?

[Superbone]

A good no pressure environment for him…by that I mean the valley suns have not won a single game this year. Kinda hope we give him a string of games in row there but probably won’t happen give our tight schedule and need to rest Williams on B2B.

Brea had his first bad night during their last game, but has been quite solid overall.
Someone called Damion Baugh is averaging 23 ppg. Anyone have any knowledge of him?

It looks like this game is airing tonight locally. I plan to check it out.

[Superbone]

We've got a very tough schedule coming up after the Kings game tomorrow. We need to win that one. I hope some of the guys are back. After that, starting with OKC, we may have a considerable losing streak. OKC, Denver, Lakers, Rockets, Wolves, Warriors, Warriors, Lakers. Eesh!

[Danimal]

Does anyone see value in calling up Brea given the injury to Allen to give us another 3pt gunner and punish all the focus on Booker?

[Furlanfufi]

Does anyone see value in calling up Brea given the injury to Allen to give us another 3pt gunner and punish all the focus on Booker?

I like that idea, but it's becoming clear coach Ott don't want to put the rookies on the fire.

[Shabazz]

I watched the 4th quarter of the Valley Suns game. Maluach’s processing time on both ends is still pretty slow. It’s most noticeable on the glass.

[AmareIsGod]

Allen out again tonight. Must be a hell of a bruise.

[ShelC]

If the criteria to get back on the court is running full in practice, it might not happen until next week. Olsen also mentioned Cam missing a month after Randle got him in the quad a few years ago.

[O_Gardino]

Let's play a little game. Match the per36 stat line with the player. I'm giving you 4 stat lines and 7 players to keep you on your toes.


Per 36 minutes:

TRB	AST
6.3	3.2
7.4	3.6
8.0	3.7
7.2	2.8

Players:
Dillon Brooks
Isaiah Livers
Jordan Goodwin
Osos Ighodaro
Ryan Dunn
Grayson Allen
Royce O'Neale

[O_Gardino]

Here are the answers:

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Per 36 minutes:

TRB	AST	Player
6.3	3.2	Royce O'Neale
7.4	3.6	Osos Ighodaro
8.0	3.7	Jordan Goodwin
7.2	2.8	Ryan Dunn
- -	- -	- -
6.0	1.2	Isaiah Livers
3.5	4.8	Grayson Allen
3.8	2.1	Dillon Brooks

[Split T]

Spoiler: show/hide

I nailed Oso and Goodwin…I went Livers for the first one and Royce for the last…I knew Goodwin was rebounding like crazy. I also knew Dillon wasn’t one of them because he doesn’t pass lol. I also knew Grayson wasn’t because the assists would’ve been higher, so I’m taking credit for those haha

[Superbone]

Allen out again tonight. Must be a hell of a bruise.

Suns should have posted it to social media. Must have more colors than the rainbow. Plus, he must still be in pain.

[Superbone]

The definition of a work in progress:

[AmareIsGod]

The definition of a work in progress:

Better than learning from the NBA bench. He's set the floor. Let's see that improve through the NBA D-League.

[O_Gardino]

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I nailed Oso and Goodwin…I went Livers for the first one and Royce for the last…I knew Goodwin was rebounding like crazy. I also knew Dillon wasn’t one of them because he doesn’t pass lol. I also knew Grayson wasn’t because the assists would’ve been higher, so I’m taking credit for those haha

That's pretty good. I would have had

► Show Spoiler

Dillon over Royce. I was surprised by Dillon's rebounding.

[Mori Chu]

The definition of a work in progress:

Glad he's in the G-League. He needs the reps. Leave him there most of the season so he can grow. Once he's (hopefully) routinely putting up gaudy stats down there, maybe we bring him up. Until then, we are pretty well stocked at C, so he can take his time and learn and grow his skills.

[Superbone]

The definition of a work in progress:

Glad he's in the G-League. He needs the reps. Leave him there most of the season so he can grow. Once he's (hopefully) routinely putting up gaudy stats down there, maybe we bring him up. Until then, we are pretty well stocked at C, so he can take his time and learn and grow his skills.

I think it's even better to have the best of both worlds. He can learn on the G-League court and also sitting on the bench during NBA games which is how the Suns are handling him now.